HYDERABAD, India, June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first
project of its kind outside the United States, Varian Medical
Systems (NYSE: VAR) is working with Sify Technologies to provide
software-as-a-service (SaaS) to radiotherapy centers across
India. The innovative service,
which hosts oncology information and treatment planning software in
the cloud and allows clinical teams to focus on treating patients,
is being implemented as part of a multi-million dollar investment
in treatment equipment and software across Cancer Treatment
Services International CTSI's network of cancer hospitals in
India and South Asia.
"CTSI is rapidly expanding its network across the region, and
the cloud-hosted solution enables us to focus on delivering high
quality, consistent care to our patients," said Vishal Bali, CTSI's Chairman. "Our flagship
Hyderabad facility, operated under
the name American Oncology Institute (AOI), is the first in
India to implement this innovative
solution for remote software hosting and better connectivity with
our clinicians. These unique capabilities differentiate our
hospitals and facilitate the use of evidence-based protocols and
tools, such as cutting-edge treatment planning technologies, across
the AOI network."
In line with a two-year implementation plan, the first three
sites – including Hyderabad – are
already clinical and other CTSI centers in India will follow suit in the coming months.
It is the first SaaS project of its kind for Varian outside
North America and forms part of a
larger order from CTSI for 12 advanced Varian linear accelerators –
including 10 top-of-the-range TrueBeam™ systems – to be installed
at CTSI hospitals across the region.
Joe Nicholas, co-founder and
executive director of CTSI, said, "We are delighted with how this
project has come to fruition. It has been delivered on time and the
result is very impressive. Our clinical teams now have access to a
robust centralized electronic system and are no longer working in
isolation."
"With a unique SaaS model such as this CTSI subscribes to the
software, as part of the service packages provided by Sify that
include all required IT infrastructure and hosting, rather than
buying it," says Steve Laws,
Varian's head of software sales in the EMEIA region. "It makes
sense for them because as well as offering economies of scale, it
means their clinical teams are freed up to focus on treating cancer
patients."
Raju Vegesna, chairman of
Chennai-based Sify Technologies,
added, "Together with Varian, we wanted to build a solution that
would eliminate many of the problems facing Indian hospitals, which
tend to work in isolation. We have come up with a common platform
stored in a private cloud, through which all practitioners in the
network have instant access to all data. With this model, all
radiation planning can be done remotely in a process that has been
streamlined from disease detection to treatment. The local doctors
have continuous peer group collaboration and knowledge
sharing."
"With private storage, we never run short of space and no
patient data is eliminated," he added. "We firmly believe this is
how oncology treatment will be handled going forward in
India and across South-East Asia. It is a complete break with
the past and offers huge benefits. And if we can do this here, in
India, we can do it anywhere in
the world."
In the first quarter of its current fiscal year, Varian
announced it had booked $18 million
of a $35 million order from CTSI for
the India project. "This is our
first software-as-a-service project in the region and demonstrates
our ability to meet the growing need from customers for
cloud-hosted software solutions," said Varian CEO Dow Wilson.
About Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems
focuses energy on saving lives and is the world's leading
manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating and
managing cancer. Headquartered in Palo
Alto, California, Varian employs approximately 6,400 people
at sites around the world. For more information, visit
http://www.varian.com and follow @VarianMedSys on Twitter.
About Sify Technologies
Across 1400 cities in
India, more than 9000 Enterprises
access Sify's ICT services that's focused on the Data Center and
Cloud platform and connected through a pan-India MPLS capable
network. The services run the full gamut from Telecom connectivity
services to Data Center transformation services along with
Application and Security Services on the same infrastructure making
it a truly converged ICT solutions and services provider in
India. Sify also builds products
that interface with multiple services in the ICT space; either
built in-house or collaboratively with the best-of-breed solution
providers. Sify Technologies and www.sifycorp.com are registered
trademarks of Sify Technologies Limited.
About CTSI
CTSI is a leading provider of
comprehensive treatment for cancer patients in emerging and
frontier markets. Founded by physicians and businessmen with
substantial experience in the development, operation and networking
of cancer services, CTSI provides innovative and
technologically-advanced treatment solutions through an IT-based
model that allows integration and centralization of core services.
The company began international operations at its flagship cancer
hospital in Hyderabad, India, and
is rapidly expanding a network of cancer hospitals across
India and South Asia. For more information visit
www.cancertreatmentservices.com.
Press Contact
Neil Madle
Varian Medical Systems
+44 7786 526068
neil.madle@varian.com
Praveen Krishna
Sify Technologies Limited
+91 44 22540777 (ext.2055)
praveen.krishna@sifycorp.com
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